The suspect in the fatal stabbing of an 11-year-old boy in Wakayama Prefecture has allegedly told police that he decided to assault the boy after the child poked fun at him, according to his defense lawyer. Oshu Nakamura, 22, admitted to assaulting fifth-grader Toshi ...

Just weeks ago he was near death, with almost no heart beat and body temperature at 12.7 degrees Celsius (55F.) On Thursday, little Adam, the Polish toddler found last year in subfreezing temperatures, left the hospital, walking by his mom’s side, his life saved ...

Osaka University Hospital says it has successfully transplanted the heart from a girl under the age of 6 into a boy aged under 10. The girl was declared brain dead on Sunday. Her liver and other organs were harvested for transplantation after her family ...

A 4-year-old boy on a family hike on California’s scenic northern coast fell 230 feet (70 meters) down an oceanside cliff but managed to survive and was conscious when rescuers reached him on the rocky shore below, a fire official said on Tuesday. After ...

A boy was killed in a mudslide caused by torrential rain in Nagiso, Nagano Prefecture, on Wednesday, local police and firefighters said. According to the prefectural government and other authorities, the mudslide occurred at a tributary of the Kiso River in the late afternoon, ...

An 11-year-old New Zealand boy was reported Saturday to have fathered a child last year with the 36-year-old mother of a school friend, raising questions on why women cannot be charged with rape. Counselors working in the area of child sexual abuse said the ...